Maritime Park has come a long way
- February 5, 2015
- / Mike Ensley
- / training-development
Inweekly's Rick Outzen has written an in-depth piece on the development of the Maritime Park and how it sparked the revitalization of downtown Pensacola.
“I knew it was not viable for 100 percent of our citizens to be in favor of the project,” O’Sullivan said. “But I knew we couldn’t be frozen by fear. It was time for me to take a stand on something I believed in for the good of the community.”
The plan the group developed was ambitious—the News Journal described it as “bold.” They would propose construction of a community maritime park that would have a public park, multi-use stadium, maritime museum, conference center, retail and commercial spaces.
Read the entire piece here.
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